Galileo and the universe
By: Steve Parker.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: Science discoveries
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Juvenile literature; Galileo, 1564-1642; Astronomy -- History -- Juvenile literature; Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Astronomers; Scientists
Description: Discusses the life and discoveries of Galileo, the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who challenged ideas more than a thousand years old and changed the course of science.
Notes: "Ages 8-12"--Cover.
Includes index.